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Poland marks 40 years since key pro-democracy agreement

by Associated Press
| August 31, 2020 6:06 AM

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland on Monday celebrated 40 years since it took a crucial step toward democracy with the creation of the Soviet bloc's first free trade union, Solidarity, which changed the course of the nation's history.

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